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BPatrol & mine warfare vessels
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Attack-class patrol boatlarger figure on 1 of 3
T Craft-class patrol vessellarger figure on 2 of 3
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Length
Single source107.5 ft (32.8 m)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Attack-class patrol boat | T Craft-class patrol vessel |
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| Name | Attack class[source] | T Craft class[source] |
| Builders | Evans Deakin and Company Walkers Limited[source] | — |
| Operators | Royal Australian Navy Indonesian Navy Papua New Guinea Maritime Element[source] | South African Navy (3) Israeli Navy (3)[source] |
| Preceded by | Bathurst -class corvette[source] | — |
| Succeeded by | Fremantle class |
22 m (72.2 ft)[source]
Complement including one officer
Single source16 personnel[source]Complement including one officer
officers, 16 sailors
Single source3 officers, 16 sailors[source]
Installed power
Single source2,000 hp (1,500 kW)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Cost | A$800,000[source] | — |
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| Completed | 20[source] |
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| Lost | — |
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| Retired | — |
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| Preserved | — |
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| Type | Patrol boat[source] | — |
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| Propulsion | 2 × 16-cylinder Paxman YJCM diesel engines 2 shafts[source] | 2 ADE 444 Tl 12V diesels; 2 Hamilton water-jets[source] |
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| Armament | 1 × 40 mm Bofors gun 2 × .50 calibre machine guns[source] | 1 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) Browning machine gun[source] |
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| Notes | Taken from:[source] | — |
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| Country of origin | Australia[source] | South Africa[source]T Craft class · explicitly stated class construction country, not operating-country inference |
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| Active | — |
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| Class & type | — | Patrol boat[source] |
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| Capacity | — | 16 (1 officer)[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | — | Surface search radar : Racal-Decca I-band[source] |
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| Manufacturer | — | T Craft International[source]T Craft class · three source ships explicitly built by T CraftInternational T Craft International[source]T Craft class South African vessels P1552/P1553/P1554 built by T Craft International; no sibling equipment or later successor company inference |
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